Tech - Drakfot's things

CreateApp.sh - Simple script to create a .app of Manuskript for MacOS

I was looking for an application to use on multiple platforms to organize my various writing projects and I came upon Manuskript. It is available on Linux, MacOS and Windows which covers my requirement of multiple platforms. In order to simplify its use on MacOS I have created a small

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Simple script to update self hosted Ghost.org blogging platform

NOTE: Since the release of ghost 1.0 this guide is deprecated! This is a quick script to automate the update process of the self hosted Ghost.Org platform. This script is based on the guide found here. The “APP_INIT” part of the script is based on chovy’s

Tech

Guild wars 2 Mac - Black screen

If you suffer from a black screen when starting Guild Wars 2 on Mac there is a workaround available. The reason for the window becoming black (if you know the positions you can actually enter you e-mail address and password and login) I do not know. But there have been

Tech

Powershell - Script to list total size of files in HomeDirectory

HomeDirFileSize Following up on the POWERSHELL – SCRIPT TO LIST THE SIZE OF USERS HOMEDIRECTORY script posted earlier this script goes through the users HomeDirectory and tries to sum up the total size of the files based on their file type. It is not intended to give an exact measurement, there

Powershell

Powershell - script to list the size of users HomeDirectory

GetHomeDirectorySize At times it might be interesting to have a look at the size of files etc that are stored by the users on the file servers. Specifically if you use Folder redirection etc, and if the free space on the file servers seems to be shrinking at an alarming

Mac

OS X Server - Open Directory not starting after upgrade

After upgrading my OS X Server to version 10.10.3 I noticed that the Open Directory was not running, and refused to when trying to start it again. After some searching in the log files and on the web I came to the conclusion that it was corrupt, which

Linux

Quick Script to autoupdate Binero DynDNS

Automtically update your Binero DynDNS to point to your current (dynamic) IP If you are using Binero and you recive your external IP via DHCP there is a chance that it might change during a restart of your router, or during maintenance etc. This is fine, unless you are having

Gaming

Playing Blackwell Epiphany on Mac

Finally the good people over at Wadjet Eye Games – known for games like The Shivah,Primordia,Gemini Rue and Resonance – have finally released Blackwell Epiphany, the last of the Blackwell series. And what a grand finale it is! I noticed that if you purchased the game via GOG.com you

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Quick Note: Playing Moebius: Empire rising on Mac? Be careful with your save files!

So Moebius – the latest creation of adventure veteran Jane Jensen – is finally out and also available on Mac! Just a quick note regarding the save files on OSX (Mac) which I found out the hard way. First some background info on how I made this discovery: I was playing the

Backup

KVM: Backup VM disks without downtime

Note: I have been informed that there is a bug in Ubuntu related to snapshotted machines, which basically this scripts creates. Please read more here!! UPDATE: There is an updated version of the script available here. It is based on the script below, but will have some additional features included.

Powershell

Check Hyper-V replication status with Powershell

Setting up Hyper-V replication is a quick way to gain redundancy. The setup is quite straightforward but will not be covered in this guide. To keep track of the replication it would be nice to have it automated and that you will be notified if something goes wrong. A weekly

Powershell

Quick Note: Automount Windows Storage Pools

If you have created a Storage Pool on a machine it will automatically mount during reboots. But if you were to reinstall the Windows Server OS (clean install / upgrade) the storage pools may not be automatically mounted during restarts – something I discovered as my replication node did a restart due

Linux

Self hosted RSS aggregation with sync capabilities using Tiny Tiny RSS

Since the death of Google Reader there have been some talks regarding what application that could take over – be the “next Google Reader” – as it was well used as a point for sync your RSS between smartphones/handheld devices and computers. There are many programs that used Google Reader as

Drivers

Nvidia Drivers v332.21 & MacBook Pro Retina (GF750m)

Nvidia released an update to their drivers which now turns them to version 332.21. The install has since a few releases back been able to install and update drivers on the new Retina MacBook Pro computers out of the box, which make the previous problems with not recognizing the

Powershell

Using Powershell to initialize, partition and format a new disk

Powershell is quite handy when remotely managing servers. Especially if they are core-servers. To gain access to a server remotely (rather than logging into it directly you can user the command: [powershell]Enter-PSSession [https://blog.drakfot.se/powershell] This will gain you access to the server and to list the

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Make logrotate check a file several times per day and warn in case of too many rotations

Logrotate is a splendid tool in *nix to handle logfiles etc. At times there is a need to have it check a file more than on a daily basis; eg if you are troubleshooting an application that seems to create massive log files etc. This instruction is based on the

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Installing & configuring a Linuxserver on Amazon EC2

Qraze has posted a comprehensive guide in Swedish on how to install a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server in the Amazon EC2 cloud. Head over there and have a look! //Drakfot

Linux

Check status of your ZFS pools under Linux

Are you using ZFS pools under Linux? And would you like to get a daily/weekly email with their status, or get notified when one of them gets degraded? This script is based on the use of debian-zfs package. The script below assumes that some sort of MTA (Mail Transfer

Gaming

Sudden frame drops in Battlefield 4? Possible workaround

When playing Battlefield 4 and having the FPS showing (type perfoverlay.drawfps 1 in the console) and you notice that it suddenly drops a lot it might be related to the fact that one, or more, of your cores are parked waiting for instructions. This in turn causes a slight

MySQL

MySQL Error 1217

Have you been experiencing error 1217 in MySQL: “*Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key constraint fails” *have a look here for a solution: http://www.qraze.se/2013/11/19/mysql-drop-table-error-1217/

Gaming

Nvidia driver 331.82 late 2013 retina Macbook Pro Bootcamp

Nvidia recently released the 331.82 version of their drivers for Windows. To install them under Bootcamp (for late 2013 retina Macbook Pro) the same procedure as outlined in this post: http://sleep.dontexist.com/2013/11/01/installing-the-latest-nvidia-drivers-on-late-2013-retina-macbook-pro/ can be used. To summarize: Note: This assumes that you have

Gaming

Installing the latest Nvidia drivers on Late 2013 Retina Macbook Pro

When you use Bootcamp to install Windows onto the late 2013 retina Macbook Pro you are faced with older graphics drivers, namely 327.16. And there is no easy way to just update to the recent ones (as this is written its 331.65). This will cause some serious performance

Tech

Opening or restoring an application using AppleScript

So, you want to make some sort of keyboard shortcut to your application instead of looking for it in the dock? The solution is quite simple, again, by using AppleScript. The following script is based on bringing the window of the application Path Finder to front, or starting the application

Tech

Applescript to put the current track in iTunes into the clipboard

I use screen in order to connect to a host where I have a terminal with irssi running. Since this is located on a remote machine it would make it difficult to make a script that is triggered from within irssi to show the information of the song currently played

Tech

Apple releases graphics update

On August 16th Apple released a grapgics update for Snow Leopard. According to their Knowledge Base it contains the following fixes and improvements: * address frame rate issues occurring in Portal and Team Fortress 2 on certain Macs * resolve an issue that could cause Aperture 3 or StarCraft II to unexpectedly